[stuartcr]

How many people could anyone interview, after the hurricane, that were not down and out?

[fml]

I happen to agree with you on this one. I do have FOX, but think CNN did have the best coverage during the storm.

Now it's back to FOX and hearing my kids call me a liberal until they forget ;)

[SerpentDove]

The media has finally settled on how to spin this, and they have their talking points in order:

1. It's Bush's fault.
2. Racism is at the root of it.

I do not understand how there can be such a coordinated, concentrated effort on dividing Americans, and stirring up hate for one another, all for political gain. But that is exactly what is happening, and it is truly evil.

Some of the media maggots would love nothing more than to see a bloody race war, with themselves narrating from the sidelines.

[sassbox]

CNN is usually superior to FOX when it comes to breaking and developing stories. When things settle down, FOX is better.

[kevkrom]

CNN is the flat-out best on breaking news. They have good infrastructure and contacts, and unlike Fox, they will usually not "jump the gun" without checking just to be first with the story. (In the same vein, any "breaking news" story on Fox should be cross-checked against CNN for accuracy.)

OTOH, CNN absolutely sucks for analysis -- very partisan and agenda-driven, and extremely one-sided.

[GianniV]

Wolf Blitzer is a frustrated closet homosexual. Enough said.

[RnMomof7]

The purpose of the news is not to make us feel good. It is to inform us .

The news on all the cable networks were showing the depth of the tragedy and the situation of those that remained when the Dept of homeland security did not even know what was happening ( they were relying on news from the state officials , TV showed the problems immediately)

Those scenes rallied the American people to action

CNN and Fox and MSNBC did awesome work . They were in places where the government said they could not go.

I watched all 3 networks and found the initial coverage pretty much the same ( just different places and people) .

Right now what is needed is not political defenses or feel good stories, but a continued effort to get these people settled somewhere.

Then we can hear the stories of the heros , and the examination of the delinquent local officials and an examination of the federal failure to have some kind of organized national plan for national emergencies ( as this is)

[cas7boys]

i was one of those DISH people who had the top 60 and only got cnn. halfway through the week i called and upgraded so i could get fox news. i didn't mind cnn until all the reporters started asking the same questions about troops in iraq - should they come home. i wanted to shout at them, asked and answered, move on!!

[Echo Talon]

That is exactly why I got Direct TV(Fox News), but also because they have NFL Sunday ticket. :D

[GeorgiaYankee]

For those of you who missed the CNN coverage of Katrina, I have prepared a 1 minute video summary.

Note the highly informative "crawl" at the bottom of the screen!

http://hometown.aol.com/cfitva/CNN_BUSH_FAULT.wmv

[Blind Eye Jones]

Commentary is soooooo biased that I even think that they set up situations just to deliver commentaries. Point in case, an interview with a psychiatrist who came back to help people but who also brought a gun. The thrust of the interview is that the local levels are hard at work and should not be blamed for the fiasco. The obvious point is that the local authorities screwed it up in the first place causing other locals to be hard at work doing the work that could have been avoided... but NO WAY for CNN... It's the governments fault!

It's SPIN SPIN SPIN and Anderson Cooper 360 will have you spinning 360 degrees. These people are intelligent to know that they are spinning but can't rise above their small minded politics... in fact, they glorify in it! That must be a condition of getting hired at CNN. Questions like: "How rabid of a Democrat are you? The more rabid the better!" or "How good are you at keeping a straight face when talking about Bush?"

[McGavin999]

FOX was horrible at first, but they've gotten better lately. I turned to CNN because I wanted to know what was happening and all FOX had was Shep on the same overpass day after day after day. It didn't take long though, and I had to turn CNN off.

I think during breaking news you have to watch CNN but you have to turn the sound off.

I really do wish FOX would invest some more money and get some decent news crews out there. Someone was really asleep at the switch because if you watched FOX you only thought NO was a single city block.